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4701  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is playing national lottery smart or waste of time? on: January 05, 2023, 03:57:20 PM
We can not conclude or take decision to some people the way I'm seeing it, so i believe that gamblling is a game of choice and interest, some people doesn't like playing lottery kind of game the way I'm seeing it, and another thing is that gamblling have varieties, someone that like casino kind of gamblling may not like to participate in lottery kind of gambling and also a poker kind of gambling or soccer gambling, so it's a game of specialty and personal interest.
Yes, our interests matter, this is about choice and what we want that would please us. I would say that playing the national lottery is not a bad thing, there is no big deal in it too as the money to play it are so low, and who knows, you might be the lucky winner one day. And you know what that means, it means that you might change your status for life with just a risk of a little amount of money.
The National Lottery is undoubtedly an opportunity. If the luck is very good then it is possible to win many unfulfilled dreams of life can be fulled by winning this lottery. The price of this lottery is relatively low but the prize is quite large. Winning such a lottery is not very common. Moreover, due to lack of publicity, people do not know much about the results or winners of this lottery. Due to which people are losing interest in it day by day. An advantage in gambling is when you are betting you are either getting a return or losing it all. People prefer gambling more than national lottery because of getting its results immediately.

I never trust National Lotteries, rather i do not trust any sort of lotteries. Some times i think that lotteries are just a way to collect money from the innocent gamblers.
In every lottery, there is a small contribution which you have to make in order to qualify in the lottery. People easily participate in these lotteries as they have to spent little money but the reward is enormous. However, most lotteries are fake and we never know if they were fairly rewarded.
People's trust in lottery is very low while expectations are high. I have purchased such lotteries several times in my life where I won nothing. When i bought that lottery, assumed i would win but finally get nothing. I bought it because of a hidden interest in my mind. But now I haven't bought any kind of lottery for a long time now and i won't buy again in the future. I know that buying the lottery is a waste of money and time as well.
I want you to know that your points might be true, yet they are personal, which makes them sentimental to me. Lotteries have their set out conditions governing them, and they are meant for a person or certain people to win at the end of the lottery time. This varies, and emphatically almost everyone would not win. This is the mode of operation, it's only when the lottery company did not regularly declare a winner at all that we could say it's fake or call it names

Lotteries are being played with a few bucks and one could win a life-changing amount with it, which makes more people lose for a selected few to gain. I know a few of them that are very transparent in their operations, and I can never label them bad if I do not win. The best is for me to use my money for better things if it's not worth playing.
4702  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [Merit] Share your best posts/threads with Fillippone to be merit assessed on: January 05, 2023, 01:12:19 PM
Thanks for this dedicated work Fillippone! Please, assess these five posts for me.

Round 3

1. Re: Two-edged sword for countries that banned Bitcoin
Category: Replies and sharing of views
Section: Bitcoin Discussion

2. Re: Poor and Rich
Category: Replies and sharing of views
Section: Economics

3. Re: Bitcoin price. Inflation persists.
Category: Opinion and Enlightenment
Section: Economics

4. Re: Is it legal for our kids to learn trade?)
Category: Advice
Section: Trading Discussion

5. Re: Economic Calendar with Actual and expected Figures
Category: Opinion & Enlightenment
Section: Economics
4703  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is The Gambling Industry Part Of The Domino Effect That Happens In The Market on: January 05, 2023, 10:11:58 AM
Not only unsafe, but it is also so lame as an idea. Gambling sites that are to be trusted with our money are not many, and the regulations of the industry are still weak as far as I am concerned, except for some that are in advanced countries. Regardless, it is safe to keep our coin in our trusted wallets, not with the gambling site that could do and undo it.

So gambling sites are even involved in some shady deals like money laundering and others, such will not have a conscience in stealing your money too. Aside from that, what if the government overseeing their domain now shot it down, then your money is gone just like that.
It is lame if you will use it like a wallet when there is already a crypto wallet but not really lame when you do it for a purpose like you are earning some dividends but I salute those who have a balance inside the gambling site that is unused for a very long time.

This only means that these people can defy the temptation caused by gambling. If only regulations are strong in crypto gambling then scam gambling sites will get lessened but I think this is being worked out now. Have you noticed that KYC's are now being implemented left and right? But maybe after this, many people will be confident to store their money thinking they are now safe.
Even if they are already regulated and asking for some KYC then i cant still bare out to store my funds on any platform.
Regulation or KYC is another legal means that some companies used in attracting customers but this in the real sense does not add to the integrity of the company. I don't trust any gambling site due to their regulation, I only trust them based on their reviews. Even with very good reviews, I will never store my crypto in any of them except the ones for immediate use.

Casinos are certainly not designed for that purpose, so why use them for such?
4704  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: January 05, 2023, 08:32:58 AM
That proves there was something happened with napoli. Losing against intermilan makes napoli lose its win streak. I think that napoli can do better than it. It seems like that the performance from napoli has been going down since the result of friendly match.
That's not the old napoli who has been performing at the early season. I meant napoli can only make two shots against intermilan. Napoli was also dominating the match. The performance from napoli was quite different compare with the performance before world cup. It's not weak but the attacker line seems bad IMO.

Yup, I had said that, there was a possibility for Inter Milan to win the match against Napoli, because of their performance during the World Cup break was not good. From there, I think this will affect their performance in Serie-A, and its come true, Napoli got their first defeat in Serie-A this season. The positive is (For Me), AC Milan's point gap has been cut by 3 points, this has opened up hope for AC Milan to maintain the chance to win. It's been a long time since Milan won 2 consecutive seasons, hopefully this season will create new history for Milan.  Grin
It happens in games, only that Napoli should now be more careful as their 8 points dominance has reduced to 5 points. Another loss would expose them clearly, it should not be entertained. I believe that they would have won if this match was played before the world cup, but the tournament has changed a lot of things now.

Napoli might still be in good form as usual, but they seem to have lost focus now. With the way they played yesterday, it did not portray striking expectations from them playing with another big club.
4705  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Factors that contribute to form addictive gambling. on: January 05, 2023, 08:23:09 AM
What other factors do you know contribute to form addictive gambling?
A casino with very Beautiful ladies as staffs or where beautiful women come to meet chill or meet men who can spend on them will definitely be of interest to men and they will spend more time in these casino's gambling than they would spend in other casinos. I personally will pick and spend more time in a casino with beautiful women than a casino with just unattractive faces. This can be a weird reason, but it can contribute to form addictive gambling.
the marketing strategy of using beautiful women to make casino customers feel at home has been around for a long time and is indeed one of the factors that causes addiction.
because if a man has a lot of money and likes the woman, he will meet the woman every day and be willing to spend the money in his pocket to gamble at the casino.
and if the woman knows that the man likes her, surely the woman has a way so that the man can spend even more money at gambling by means of spoiled seduction etc.
I agree that women in casinos are a contributing factor to addiction.
What you just explained has nothing to do with the cause of addiction in gambling, this is just a means to lure anyone to gamble, but will certainly not lead to addiction since you can get women everywhere. It could only lead to more patronage though but certainly not addiction. This is not particular to gambling alone, restaurants and bars also do it, but it doesn't cause addiction. When you finish your money at that moment, then it ends in most cases, but addiction is worse than that.
4706  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin will not become the world currency. on: January 05, 2023, 08:07:25 AM
~snip~
El Salvador's future since becoming a legal tender is still a mystery, they are still on the experimental stage and its outcome is not yet confirmed. Other countries or places in the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Singapore is also looking forward to become one of the legal tender but they just cannot fathom the risks for now and chose to observe El Salvador's outcome first before taking a huge leap.

And for the bitcoin to become the world currency is not yet possible in the next decades to come and I reckon that it's not also created to be like that. Just like what you've said, the governments of each respective countries aren't going to allow that to happen as there's no way that they can control it as it's also not designed to be controlled.

There's also Central African Republic, they also declared Bitcoin as legal tender.

That has caused some big controversies in the African region where they're pushing CBDCs very hard.
This may be good news for Bitcoin and it is what we want, yet I have my reservation about it, there is a lot of nonsense going on in Africa right now. Most of those African countries can't decipher their right from their left, I only hope they know what they are doing and the risk involved. If it were to be an advanced country, I would have been so happy, but I don't get so excited reading such from an African country pushing for Bitcoin or adopting the same as a legal tender, this is because they might only use it for their selfish and political gain.

Their political leaders know how they could use the coin to launder money and aid corruption, that's my concern.

4707  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Many signals don't work now like they use to be on: January 05, 2023, 07:54:12 AM
The OP forget to post the signal/trading strategy that is being used to spot out trades, we could start from there if it was being done wrongly or rightly. Regardless, it's good to know that cryptocurrencies have been largely indecisive most of the days in the past month, it would be nice for every trader to be careful. Such market condition is highly tricky and they are traps for you to lose your money. If your trading strategy is good before and worked for at least 3 months in the past, then there is still nothing wrong with it now, but the indecisiveness of the market caused a failure recently. You have to persist in using it, and make sure you manage your account along with it.
4708  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Why are some Post deleted on: January 04, 2023, 03:00:25 PM
Posts are deleted by the moderators because that's part of their roles they performed when a member post off topic or irrelevant post or creating unnecessary thread that looks absurd to the particular ways or standard required for such board, most of this post deleted were spam post or off topic post but if you're only doing that on a mistake to have pieted on the wrong board, moderators will move your thread to the right board, they can also lock a thread when necessary, try get to the rules and regulations on each board to avoid such reoccurring.
This is correct, and without repeating what you had explained to the OP, it's equally good to know that some posts might be mistaken to have been deleted too, but as a matter of fact, might only be moved to the appropriate section of the forum. This had happened to me before, so anyone trying to look for a post might want to first check their profile page for their post to know where exactly it is, or has been delected.

However, the OP is still a newbie, he/she should know that quality posts matter here, and might want to check the links below out for further guidance:

Main rules/guides of the forum (Unofficial): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0
Specifically for newbies: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1689727.0
4709  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: A wake-up call for Nigeria youths on: January 04, 2023, 02:36:07 PM
Wetin u talk make sense, na d time wey youth suppose take d mantle of leadership. But 4 naija, e no go dey easy like that, even d so-called youth no dey serious, dem be a betrayal of themselves, if dem see moni like dis, their wahala don finish. D task go hard bcos Poverty don eat deep 4 Niaja, and e don born corruption among d youth, so fighting for ourselves go hard even if some try 4 beta intention.

Youths wey won do am self no get d popularity, resources/money to do Naija politics, na make we dey look tins as e be like dis jare. Maybe if Obi fit enta, d political space go dey better, I no know. But d youth wey get moni and aluta spirit na dem fit reach there for high risk, how many of dem u don see?

4710  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2022/23 on: January 04, 2023, 08:42:31 AM
Xavi's coaching skills are as good as those of Barca coaches in the past.  And Barca's rivalry with Real Madrid dates back to when Xavi himself was Barca's captain and player.  So you can trust him.  However, this is his first league and should give him more time at Barca.  He must understand.

Exactly, I don't understand all this fury against Xavi
give him time, you can't expect him to take over a team that was in bad shape in one season and make it number one

for good things it takes time, time and patience
I think it can be done

I think we should be patient with Xavi too.  We all remember how badly Barcelona was in the league before he came.  I believe that success will come by itself after you show the necessary patience for Xavi.  I understand Barcelona fans want the success they're used to, but it's not something that will happen right away.  They'll have to persevere.
Anyone complaining about Xavi is ingrates because the club was nowhere to be found when the guy took over it. The club's dependence on Messi caused a lot of mess for them but Xavi was still able to turn things around. Being number one on the table should mean a lot, and they are with the same performance as their arch-rival Real Madrid, which means they are still doing well. Although they need to be careful now, any mistake or unseriousness could cost them a lot.
4711  Economy / Economics / Re: Economic mess but the creators of this mess enjoy life need fix on: January 04, 2023, 08:20:21 AM
Let me say that all this is not necessary because this is the way things play around the world, nothing could change it. Your thinking might be in form of manipulation, but in the real sense, it's just the weakness of the system we find ourselves in as humans, and this is not peculiar to the US only.

And for the inability to eat what you like, no one is to be blamed here but for the economic situation of the world. Inflation is affecting everything, and the US people are not the only ones feeling it. The government might help, and banks might help too, but their interest in your crypto concern matters, it is not by force. Note that the situation has nothing to do with the liquidity of the main banks in any way.

The US is not even taking nonsense when it comes to investments and finances, they are sanctioning enough that are erring as far as I know.
4712  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Factors that contribute to form addictive gambling. on: January 04, 2023, 08:10:17 AM
Even if I drink beer at home gambling online it didn't get me to a point to bet more than what I can afford. It's worst when I was in a casino back in the days and yes what you said could happen because the casino is like sucking you in more while you are losing your bets. Unlike at home, you can stand up, take out some of that bad luck, maybe jump or just watch a film and forget about it. It doesn't add more flavor on you to keep on betting because the surroundings are different. That's my opinion or should I say comparison.
You might be able to control yourself, but I assure you that some could not. That is why we should be careful about our environment so that we would not find ourselves in a situation of sorry later. It's not news that influencers like alcohol could impact our behaviour, it's we that should know where we take it as an adult.

I would not advise anyone to take alcohol at a gambling site, such is only inviting trouble to themselves. You might think you are stronger than the temptations, but you might lose guard when you least expect under the influence irrespective of offline and online gambling.
4713  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Problem with transerring on: January 04, 2023, 07:57:34 AM
I have an issue with transferring my assets from electrum.
I changed my phone, and unfortunately, I forgot to export GA Account and also my seed. I need to transfer my assets from electrum, but I cannot do that due to 2FA and needing the Google Authenticator.

I need to remove 2fa;  Can anyone help me with this?
How careless of you, this is money we are talking about, you should not have been this careless. Well, as it is now, the plain truth is that you might have lost everything you have in the account unless you still have access to your old phone with your details intact. If not, not even electrum could help you if your seed phrase is lost. That's the downside of the non-custodial wallet, there is a limit to how they could help you, so be very careful next time.

Also, don't be bothered about the 2FA on the account anymore if you have already lost the seed phrase, there is no point. However, if you have the seed phrase, you will need your backup code for the GA to gain access, nothing less.
4714  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: January 03, 2023, 08:26:48 AM
Benford vs Liverpool The players of Benford showed great performance in this match. Liverpool as a strong team did not perform very well in this match. Ibrahim Konaté put Liverpool ahead when Benfod first scored but later Benfod's Y. Wissa and another from B. Mbeumo. A. Oxlade-Chamberlain scored another goal after the second half-time and Benfod won the match 3-1 against Liverpool and went top of the group.
Though I didn't watch the match, I couldn't believe my eye when I saw that Brentford won the game yesterday. I don't know what to call Liverpool this season than to say they are one of the weakest teams in the premier league right now. Aside from their weak defence, one could also clearly see that they are really feeling the departure of Mane which Klopp deemed not so relevant.

They could not increase his pay but they could increase that of Salah. That was a bad gamble, and they are paying dearly for it till today. Nonsense!
4715  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Obasanjo official endorses on Peter Obi for president how una reason the mata? on: January 03, 2023, 08:08:04 AM
Dis mata don set d media and political space agog, but na good tin bcos Obasanjo na elder statesman wey mean well 4 Naija. I no care d bad tin wey d guy don do 4 d past, e don change, and any analyst wey mean well 4 Naija go know say Peter Obi na d best candidate 4 us as tins be. Shey na Atiku wey be Fulani wey don rule us bad for 8 years and still corrupt, or na Tinubu wey be d most corrupt politician 4 Naija?

I be South-west guy but South-east na part of Naija too, make dem allow dem do am. To crown d mata, na dem (South-east) get d best candidate for d election. Peter Obi na d youngest, disciplined, apologetic, accountable, vibrant, talented, and trustworthy with a track record among many others.

Na d qualities Naija desperately need right now. May God save us all!
4716  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What are the motives that drive you to gamble? on: January 02, 2023, 05:03:32 PM
when you will go to gamble for fun then you will also loss your money. so you must accept this risk and go for gamble. if you can afford that loss then you will able to enjoy gambling as fun. but if it hard you when you loss then you will not bale to enjoy gambling as fun. This will make you more angry and you will try to recover your losses thus slowly getting addicted to gambling and at some point you will be in big danger.  So gambling should be done with caution
This is what some people do not want to accept because they gamble with more money and they think gambling is not good if losing money, but if very little amount is lost, gambling would be enjoyable. Using high amount of money will only lead to bad experience while gambling, while playing too much is also leading to losses. Assuming you collect $1000 weekly as an example for salary, will losing $10 to $20 affect? I do not think so. Anyone that is not expecting loss should not gamble at all. There are winning too, but loss chance is more.
Who went to gamble with huge amount it means he is a actual gambler and he went to gamble for make money . but who want fun he-she must gamble with less money like $10-$50. because no one want to loss his huge money only for fun.
Well said. Those that would want money from gambling would definitely be risking more money and are such that are desperate because they would be doing it as if their lives depends on it. But those that are catching their cruise and having fun with gambling like me will be careful and only use a ridiculously low amount of money for it.

Even the $50 limit is too high for me, my average is $15, but it might be regular if I am bored and lose it often. But I have never lost more than $30 a day gambling.
4717  Economy / Economics / Re: Soaring fertilizer prices could see millions more undernourished on: January 02, 2023, 03:11:12 PM
It's not news that inflation is plaguing the world's economy, this is expectedly not leaving any aspect of the economy out. The price of fertilizer has been increasing, it's not new because it's a chain reaction as the world battles inflation and inflation is seriously winning. Just like many households would not be able to afford more nutrients naturally because of inflation, that is just the way the increase in the price of fertilizer affects it, it's not new at all.

This is where the action of a responsible government is required. They need to subsidise this so that the effect on the agricultural produce would be minimal to the citizens.
4718  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is The Gambling Industry Part Of The Domino Effect That Happens In The Market on: January 02, 2023, 02:42:20 PM

  - As a gambler do you use gambling sites to store your coins like what traders are doing on exchanges?
 

I don't think it is good to have your coins saved in gambling casinos because it has no purpose to put it there, it will not increase in the value because it is not exchange or trade that you want to do with it. You can transfer some coins into the casinos account to playing their games for the purpose of that and nothing on it. You can do transfer of the coin to use for gambling, no need to save it there and casino is centralised.

This is not safe, even in exchanges, it's not good to store your coins as you never know what will happen tomorrow. I mean, hacking is possible and some exchanges will steal the money of their traders for an exit scam. It's not good to store because there's a risk, so if you are a gambler, better keep it in your wallet and just transact when necessary, nowadays, there are coins with cheap transaction fees, so fees are not a big issue like in the past.
Not only unsafe, but it is also so lame as an idea. Gambling sites that are to be trusted with our money are not many, and the regulations of the industry are still weak as far as I am concerned, except for some that are in advanced countries. Regardless, it is safe to keep our coin in our trusted wallets, not with the gambling site that could do and undo it.

So gambling sites are even involved in some shady deals like money laundering and others, such will not have a conscience in stealing your money too. Aside from that, what if the government overseeing their domain now shot it down, then your money is gone just like that.
4719  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: January 02, 2023, 10:44:44 AM
I think Brentford vs Liverpool will be a very good game today. But we will have to wait for some time to see this game. After some time the game will start. I think Liverpool will score 2 goals in this game.  There will be victory in the match. Liverpool is a very strong team from Brentford. I will support Liverpool in this game. Liverpool team has many good quality players.
The game will be very interesting, we all saw how Brentford played in their last game. I am not sure Liverpool will see Brentford easy to win, I think this game can end up in draws because of how Brentford plays . Brentford is becoming tough now, if Liverpool plays well they can succeed in winning.

Brentford can be sturbbon but Liverpool are very tactical with their attacks. Liverpool has won their last 4 matches which is enough to keep them motivated to win their fifth game in a row. Klopp has done a nice job moving from the middle of the table and now they are finding their way to the top. Liverpool will get a comfortable 2-0 victory here.
I don't have a choice but to support you on this, Brentford might be truly stubborn, but Liverpool is far better than them. Apart from their performances on the table, Liverpool has been doing well after the world cup, and I believe they will want to maintain their form so that they can improve from the 6th position they are on the EPL table.

I will not call any score at the moment to avoid self-disappointment, yet both sides might score with Liverpool scoring more goals in the match.
4720  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is playing national lottery smart or waste of time? on: January 02, 2023, 10:33:38 AM
We can not conclude or take decision to some people the way I'm seeing it, so i believe that gamblling is a game of choice and interest, some people doesn't like playing lottery kind of game the way I'm seeing it, and another thing is that gamblling have varieties, someone that like casino kind of gamblling may not like to participate in lottery kind of gambling and also a poker kind of gambling or soccer gambling, so it's a game of specialty and personal interest.
Yes, our interests matter, this is about choice and what we want that would please us. I would say that playing the national lottery is not a bad thing, there is no big deal in it too as the money to play it are so low, and who knows, you might be the lucky winner one day. And you know what that means, it means that you might change your status for life with just a risk of a little amount of money.
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